Richard Wagner: Discover his secret places in 2025!

Richard Wagner: Discover his secret places in 2025!

On June 13, 2025, an exciting innovation is on the plan in Bayreuth: The Walk of Wagner is expanded to include a significant topic that revolves around the residential place of the famous composer Richard Wagner. The focus is not only on the various apartments, but also the hotels in which Wagner lived, and the traces he left. The regions of Saxony, Franconia, Upper Bavaria, Bavarian Swabia, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Latvia and the Czech Republic are included. Fränkischer Tag reports of these multifaceted stations of his life. 

The Walk of Wagner combines the authentic Wagnerstätten between the Haus Wahnfried and the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. Here, visitors can immerse yourself in the world of the composer and learn how his place of life and work looks. Diverse information about the original locations is not only presented in the form of 17 characteristic cubes that offer changing topics every year, but also in an accompanying Leporello that contains important stations and a city plan section. This folding plan is available in the Tourist Information at Operernstraße 22 and also provided for download on the Bayreuth Tourismus website, Bayreuth Tourism.

A look at the Richard Wagner Museum

A not negligible part of the Wagner Erbes is the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth, which is housed in the Wahnfried house. This important museum in German cultural history invites you to dive into the depth of Wagner's life and work. This is not just about exhibitions, but also about the experience of his creative atmosphere. It tells an eventful story that is characterized by ups and downs and offers an extensive range of permanent exhibitions and special events. A visit is not only an experience for Wagner connoisseurs, but also for interested newcomers who want to be inspired by the many facets of this extraordinary composer, according to the Wagner Museum.

The Richard Wagner Foundation operates the museum and has set itself the goal of preserving Wagner's legacy, researching and making accessible. With its archive, the collection and its exhibition rooms, it is an important place for research and art. The large hall and the area for special exhibitions are also used for concerts and other cultural events, which makes the museum a living part of the Bayreuth cultural scene.